avarija

Lithuanian

Automobilio avarija (1) —
Automobile accident

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ава́рия (avárija), from Italian avaria, possibly from Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya, damaged goods).

Noun

avãrija f (plural avãrijos) stress pattern 1

  1. accident, breakdown, wreck, crash (failure involving machinery)
  2. (figuratively) misfortune, unfortunate event

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • avarija”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • avarija”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
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